The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971 [DSD Remastered]
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Free Music Notes for Hot Rocks 1964-1971 [DSD Remastered]
Free Music Review: Classic Stones
Hit: 5 Stars
The Rolling Stones were the original Bad Boys of rock. The Beatles and other groups of the early and mid-60's had a clean-cut image that The Rolling Stones deliberately flaunted with their facial expressions, appearance, and blues-influenced music that lyrically was more challenging than most other popular contemporary groups. The closest contemporary group to The Rolling Stones was Aerosmith, before they too became more commercial. Now so many groups attempt to affect a bad boy image that the image has been watered down and no longer has much meaning. But in the 60's, The Rolling Stones were the definition of rebellion and thinly veiled sexuality.
This collection of hits recalls The Rolling Stones at their most rebellious and cutting edge. In the still relatively proper (read Victorian-like) year of 1965 the song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" bordered on being scandalous. When the boys sang with their shirts open with movements that pushed beyond those of Elvis Presley, you knew that these lads were something different. Later songs such as "Let's Spend the Night Together" pretty much threw the remnant of a veil away.
As The Rolling Stones moved into the late 60s their music changed steadily, frequently anticipating the direction of music. The ubiquitous sitar of psychedelic 60s music makes an incredible appearance in "Paint It, Black." Their music became heavily blues influenced in songs like "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Wild Horse." The vocals on the last song particularly were heavy, plaintive and emotional, very different from The Stones' early music.
There is an on-going debate over the value of this CD versus "40 Licks." I do not have "40 Licks," which is also a fine CD. Many of the songs on this CD are represented on "40 Licks." However, "40 Licks" seems to me to belie the original Stones bad boy image because of the inclusion of so many commercial songs from the later decades of their career. "Hot Rocks" still provides the illusion of the original Bad Boy Stones at their 60s anti-establishment rebellious best. "40 Licks" is too commercial for the bad boy image to be other than a commercial facade. Understanding the flavor you get from each CD, pick the one that fits what you want to hear.
The Rolling Stones were heavily influential in the 60s. The music on this CD represents that influence, and shows The Rolling Stones during their most consistently creative and stylistically unique best. This CD is a valuable recording for any collector of Rolling Stones music or cutting edge music of the 60s.
Free Music Review: If you want classic Stones, look no further
Hit: 5 Stars
This two CD compilation still stands as the best representation of the Rolling Stones during their glory years. Even if you have no Stones albums, I'm sure you've heard several of these songs, namely "Satisfaction," "Paint it Black," or my personal favorite Stones song "Jumpin' Jack Flash." It's all here. There's no doubt that the years 1964 to 1971 were the best years for the Rolling Stones. Sure, they put out some great singles in the years since, and at least two killer records (Some Girls and Steel Wheels come to mind), but overall, the Stones were at their very best during this era. These songs are mostly arranged in chronological order, so you can easily see the Stones' transformation from bad boy Beatles rivals to a sharp, biting blues-rock band poised to conquer the world. By the second disk, the songs take on a much more noticeable complexity, such as the sitar parts in "Paint it Black" to the social commentary of "Sympathy For the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man," all concluding with the brilliant "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses," both of which were taken from the Sticky Fingers album, which I believe is one of the Stones' best.
Echoes of the band's Beatles rivalry are present in several of the early songs here, the similarity between the beat of "Get Off My Cloud" to that of "Twist and Shout" (even if the Beatles were covering the Isley Brothers), the Stones' answer to "Yesterday," the acoustic song "As Tears Go By," which also features a string quartet coming in around the second verse. Actually, though, the Stones wrote "Tears" a year before the Beatles did "Yesterday," and gave it to Marianne Faithfull, who had a hit with it. After the Bealtes did their song, the Stones changed the arrangement and released their version. They weren't ripping off or anything; that was the game back then, you had to stay with current musical trends if you wanted to survive. That aside, the Stones' early stuff proved to influential in its own right; garage bands everywhere attempted to emulate songs like "Satisfaction." The Stones were one of the leading bands of the British Invasion, and for good reason. Many of the songs on the first disc prove why.
On the second disk, we see the Stones shift gears, incorporating psychedelic elements into their work (again, the sitar in "Paint it Black"), and shortly after going back to their rootsy sound that they would largely stick with for the rest of their career.
Most of my favorite cuts are from the second disk, although I do like early songs such as "Mother's Little Helper" and "Play With Fire." I would have liked to have seen "The Last Time," "Stray Cat Blues," and the Bo Diddley-Buddy Holly pastiche "Not Fade Away" be included, because they were great songs, but overall, though, for anyone who is a newcomer to the Stones or just a casual fan (like I am), then this disk is really the best way to get started. Don't let the fact that this is a 2 disc CD scare you off...it's worth every penny. If you are interested in checking out the Stones, this won't dissapoint.
Free Music Review: Outrageous rip-off for 30 year old songs !
Hit: 1 Stars
First, let me say that these songs are incredible; there's no denying how good
these songs are. That's not what I'm here to
write about. I'm absolutely outraged that
Virgin can remaster these discs for the second
time and charge 18-19 bucks a disc for the
Stones ABKCO catalog ! This stuff has been
around for over 30 years and has made tons
and tons and tons of cash for everyone involved,
except Virgin which bought these masters from
ABKCO a few years ago. Further, most of the
early studio albums are about 30 minutes long.
These could and should have been two-fers, priced
at around 15 bucks. But this sickening greed will
prevent me from every upgrading the 1989 ABKCO
remasters. Even If I could afford it, I wouldn't
give a dime to these weasals. The Stones, themselves,
are somewhat to blame for seeking more piles of
hundred dollar bills to burn in their fireplaces
each night when they signed a new contract with
Virgin in 1996. But in the end it's the fans who
get the shaft. I've bought about a dozen Stones
records once or twice on vinyl and once again
on CD, and It royally pisses me off that these
dirtbags want 36 bucks for " Hot Rocks ". I hope
these greedhead record companies all burn in a
very special hell ! In a few years, they'll regret
doing this because they will be obsolete. We'll
be buying music directly from the artists. Boo
hooo and good riddance EMI/Virgin !
Free Music Review: It's on TWO CDs, not just one
Hit: 5 Stars
First, I agree with the prior reviewers about the content.I already own this compilation as a two-CD set, and ordered this version solely because I thought all songs were on one CD: They're not; they're still on two CDs.
Free Music Review: The Best Rolling Stones Greatest Hits Collection
Hit: 5 Stars
HOT ROCKS 1964-1971, in my opinion is the best Greatest Hits collection by the Stones. This 2CD set has all of their classic recordings from 64-71 which I feel was their most prolific period. If you're a Rolling Stones fan, this album should be in your music collection. All of the songs compiled on this special release are all gems but I do have some that I like more than others. This is an excellent collection and the music contained herein can be classified as timeless. No matter how many years go by these songs will always be part of a great musical style known as classic rock and will never be outdated.My favorites songs on this collection are:"Wild Horses", I really love this song I think its one of the best ballads ever written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. "Honky Tonk Women", a great song with some great blues riffs, this one is a classic.
"Gimme Shelter", awesome song with great guitar and background vocals, I love the song's intro. "Jumping Jack Flash" a real classic from beginning to end one of my favorites. "Under My Thumb", fantastic tune I love the music and the lyrics to this song. "Sympathy For The Devil", simply superb and very original. I love when Jagger starts shouting somewhat to "Hey baby ah, what's your name,. "Satisfaction" their first big hit and a great song. "Let's Spend The Night Together" love this one, this song puts me in the MOOD if you know what I mean. "Play With Fire" soft and mellow, really nice. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" one of my all time favorites, I really like this one and I don't mind that is a little over 7 minutes.
These are basically my favorites on this album. A song that I love and is actually my favorite Stones song is "Angie" but as you know this great classic was not release till 1973, two years after this great collection. However, I pointed it out because I feel that on this particular song is where I feel that Mick Jagger's voice has been the best. Excellent CD, I highy recommend it is a CLASSIC for all times.